Milford City Council recently approved a warehouse flex project that will be located in the business park off of Airport Road. The buildings are designed as incubator spaces for new business with as many as 16 office and warehouse spaces. “This is a two acre lot on the nose of Vickers Drive and Mullett Run. We oriented the site kind …
Milford City Council voted to approve a Downtown Streetscape plan that was presented at the June 12 meeting. The request was tabled so council could hear more public comment about changes proposed to South Walnut Street, Denney Row, Park Place and Southwest Second Street. The plan was approved as designed except for a suggestion that Southwest Second Street be returned …
Milford City Council chose to table a request to approve proposed downtown streetscape upgrades at a recent meeting. Due to some disagreement among council about changes downtown, it was felt that public comment should be accepted regarding those changes at the June 26 meeting. “In October of 2022, the city engaged KCI Technologies, to develop concept plans and streetscape improvements …
Milford City Council approved a Capital Improvement Plan that will guide the city over the next five years. If all projects are completed, the city will spend just under $23 million in 2024, just under $26 million in 2025, just over $22 million in 2026, just under $15 million in 2027 and just under $5 million in 2028. Grant funding …
City Council learned at a recent meeting that the Downtown Development District (DDD) could be expanded by 15 acres. Expanding the area could bring more investment into the downtown area, according to Rob Pierce, City Planner. “The State of Delaware in November of 2022 updated their Downtown Development District program guidelines, which increased the local district acreage for municipalities our …
Milford City Council recently made changes to their public comment code to allow members of the public to speak about any city-related business during the 15-minute public comment period at the start of every meeting. Mark Whitfield, City Manager, explained that this was at the request of several council members who wanted to increase public input at meetings. “I think …
At a recent meeting, Milford City Council learned the results of an electric rate study conducted by Utility Financial Solutions (UFS). Dawn Lund, Vice-President of UFS, provided details on where the city’s electric funds were now and projections for what the funds would like in the future. After Lund’s presentation, council voted to approve a new electric rate ordinance at …
At a recent meeting, Milford City Council took action on two items related the police department. The first was a request by Chief Cecilia Ashe regarding take home vehicles and the second involved funding for the new police facility. “As you all are aware in March, I came before city council to request that the police department be able to …
Milford City Council recently approved a request from Bay to Beach Builders to construct a duplex on the north side of Southeast Second Street between Franklin and Montgomery Street. Each side of the duplex will be for a single-family dwelling. Council had to approve the request as a semi-detached dwelling is a conditional use in the property’s zoning. “We are …
At a recent meeting, several zoning and comprehensive plan requests were approved for Milford Mini Storage. One property was transferred to Milford Mini Storage as part of a legal settlement with Watergate Liborio and is located along the south edge of Industrial Boulevard and Watergate Boulevard North. The other is located at the intersection of Marshall and McCoy Street. Both …
